License-plate holder



March 9 1926. 1,576,193

Y P. JOHN LICENSE PLATE HOLDER Filed OCt. 17, 1925 Minimi Patented Mar. 9, 1926.

UNITED srarns PETER JOHN, OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN.

LICENSE-Pimpin HOLDER.

Application filed etober 17, 1925. Serial ll.\Tro.-63,O19.-l

To all zei/0m t may concern:

Be it known that I, PETER Jol-1N, a citizen` of the United States, and resident of Milwaukee, in the county et Milwaukee and State of Visconsin, have invented `certain new and useful Improvements `in License- Plate Holders 5 and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof. p

This invention relates to license plate holders. i

Objects Aof this invention are to provide a novel form of license plate holder which may be attached to the ordinary bracket, and which may receive the-license plate and illuminate such plate in a novel manner.

Further objects are .to provide a license plate holder in which a stencilled or cutout license plate is employed,and in which the entire device may be used'as a tail light for the automobile, thus dispensing with the usual tail light. i

Further objects are to provide a construction in which rattling is prevented by tightly binding the parts together, and in which the lamps are housed and protected against damage. y

An embodiment of the invention is shown in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure l is a face view of the apparatus with parts broken away.

Figure 2 is a plan view or the structure shown in Figure 1, with parts broken away. Figure 3 is a sectional view on the line 3-3 of Figure 2. Y

Referring to the drawings, it will be seen that the device is bolted to the usual bracket provided for the license plates, such bracket having a pair of outwardly projecting slotted arms 1, as shown in Figures 2 and 3. The device comprises a box-like member 2 which is opened rearwardly and which is preferably enameled White on its inner side. This box-like member carries a pair of lamp sockets 3 within which lamps 4L are positioned. It is secured to the bracket 1 by means of bolts 5 which passthrough the back of the boX 2.

The Vcover portion of Vthe boX is formed preferably by means of side and top channel-shaped members 6 and 7, respectively.y

One of the members 6 may be hinged to the body of the box, as shown in Figures land 2. The marginal portion, formed of the members 6 Vand 7, has secured thereto an inner strip 8 (see Fig. 3), which is welded taching screws light.

thereto or `otherwise secured, and which isk pressed inwardlyvto form a flange 9 extending ,around the inner margins of the mem` bers 6 and Tandspaced therefrom to receive the license plat-e 10. This license plate 10 is cutout to form the numbers and letters, as indicated in Figures 1 and 3. Immediately rearwardly.y of the flange 9 a glass plate, preferably colored red, is positioned and indicated at 11 in Figure 3. This glass plate is held in position by means of tongues or ears 12 secured by means of screws 13 to posts 14 projecting inwardly of the cover.

The body portion ot the license plate holder carries a plurality of lugs 15 which are apertured and threaded to receive atpassing through correspondinglugs in the cover. v 1 y y It is to be noted from reference toFigan upper bracket 16 and with a bracket 17 at the outer or free end of the cover. 4'These brackets are drawn inwardly by means of the screws indicated, towards the bracket 15. The lowerY edge of the license plate has depending theretrom a plurality of .ears or brackets 18 through which screws are passed so as to tightly hold the license plate adjacent its lower edge to the bracket 15.

v ures 2 andv 3 that the cover is provided with In this manner, the license plate is held ping of the colored glass plate 11 is prevented by means of pads 19 clamped between the ears 12'and the glass plate, so as to tightly hold theplate in position.

In using this license plate holder, it iS intended to function not only to illuminate the license plate, but also to furnish a tail It will be seen that a novel form of license plate holder has been provided which may be readily constructed primarily from sheet metal, in ka simple manner, and which will provide an illuminated license plate readily visible at-night and also which will function as a tail light.

Although the invention has been described in considerable detail, it isto be understood that the invention may be variously em- Il() f bodied and is, thereore,-;to limited only as claimed. I I claim: v c

The combination of al box-like member, lamps carried Within said member, a Cover hingedly `mounted `upon brackets carried by said member andV said cover, screws passing through sai-dbrackets and drawing said cover tightly against'said member, said cover having @cutaway por; tion, a' transparent plate carried rearwardly off saidf cutaway portion,- clamping means for holding said plate in position; Saidcover having liangef spaced inwardly fromr the said member.,

body efsaidcover, a license plate positioned between said: flange andtlie bed-yf? of said cover and having apertures therethrough forming the insignia of said license plate, lngs carried by the lower portion of Said license. plate, corresponding lugs carried by said box-like body portion and screws passing through! said last mentioned lugs, and tending to draw them towards each other.

In testimony that I claimy the foregoing I have lierennto'- set'my hand at Milwaukee, intlieconnty of. Milwaukee andA State of Wisconsin.

f i PETER JOHN. 

